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1965-1970 Kennedy Half Dollar (40% Silver)
1965 through 1970 Kennedy half dollars dropped from 90% to 40% silver, still real silver, just less of it per coin.
Melt is the floor: what the metal alone is worth today. A coin's collector value can be higher (date, mint mark, condition). It is rarely lower.
A dealer's buy price sits under both melt and retail on purpose — that spread is the margin that keeps the doors open. Ours is listed openly instead.
What makes one worth more than melt
- 1970-D was never released into circulation. It only came in mint sets, which makes it the one date in this run worth pulling aside.
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